September 29, 2003
Attendance Report
| Attendance, through same period |
2003 | 2002 |
| Games | 2411 | 2412
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| Attendance | 28051 | 28170 |
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Wow. A pretty good stretch run in attendance pulled the average within 120 of last year. 2002 Was well ahead of 2003 in every month through July.
| Average Attendance | 2002 | 2003 |
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| March-April | 28,321 | 27,432 |
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| August-September | 27,402 | 28,620 |
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I think two things had a hand in attendance catching up to last year:
- The negative news reports about the labor negotiations drove attendance down last year
- Exciting pennant races and a more balanced league drove attendance up this year.
Still, MLB has to be concerned that attendance has gone down three years in a row, and this was the lowest average attendance since 1996. It's not incumbent on MLB to build on this late season momentum.
Posted by David Pinto at
09:23 AM
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